1900] ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS. 327 



spot, bordered by a subarcuate whitish 

 band ; in some specimens there is a 

 slight brownish tinge along the inner 

 edge of the white baud toward the 

 costa ; in others the apical spot is 

 broken into three parts, forming wide 

 margins to the veins, with hyaline stripes iu the middle of the cells. 

 Length, 4 to 6mm. $ ? 



Cape May, June 14th ; Auglesea, July 16th ; Sea Isle City, 

 July 22(1 ; also at Ormond, Fla. (Mrs. Slosson), and St. Augus- 

 tine. This may possibly be only a variation of C. tenea, but 

 in the large series before me I fail to find satisfactory inter- 

 mediates. It seems to be confined to the sea coast and is 

 quite common in and along the salt water marshes. 

 Sepsisoma, n. gen. 



Body slender, resembling Sepsis in form. Front very broad, face 

 but slightly projecting, occiput fully one-third the total length of 

 the head. Ocelli not approximate, the two upper ones being on the 

 posterior edge of the vertex, the other near the front, arista? dis- 

 tinctly pubescent. Two prominent lateral prolhoracic and two 

 mesothoracic bristles, scutellum small with two bristles. Meta- 

 thorax abruptly sloping. Abdomen subpedunculate. Legs slen- 

 der, femora not thickened, front and hind femora only, with four 

 or.five small spines on the under side toward the tip. Wings sim- 

 ilar to those of the genus Stenomacra Loew. It belongs to the sec- 

 tion Richtir<lin, family Ortalidae. 



Sepsisoma flavescens, n. s-p. Fig. 2. 



Head, thorax, abdomen, legs and antennae reddish yellow, ocelli 

 brownish black, third joint of the antenna? slightly more than 

 double the length of the second and third together, oblong and ta- 

 pering slightly toward the tip; vertex 

 shining with four bristles, one on each 

 side of the anterior ocelli, the others on 

 the orbits, occiput also with four bri>- 

 tles, two on each side near the vertex. 

 Thorax sul>op;ique, halters light yel- 

 low. Abdomen somewhat darker toward the base, the whole 

 covered with a short yellowish pile. Legs covered with short 

 yellowish hairs, middle and posterior tibue and tarsi with a more 

 or less brownish tinge. Wings hyaline, with a small brown spoi ;it 

 top, extending equally along the margin on each side of the end of 

 the third longitudinal vein. Length, (mini. 



Three specimens, one of which was taken along Big Timber 

 Creek, a short distance above "NVestville, August 19, 18!>7. 



